Our researchers. Your teachers

Helen Coxall is professor of marine micropaleontology. Helen teaches two courses at the undergraduate level: Critical Steps in the Evolution of Earth and life and Paleoceanography and marine geology.

I ended up specializing in marine geology once I discovered that the deep sea contains the best and most continuous records (mud layers) for unravelling climate change patterns in the past, and even how organisms evolve or go extinct to in response to climate and ocean change.

Volker Brüchert is associate professor of Biogeochemistry and theaches three courses. Two at the undergraduate level: Basics of Geochemistry and Geochemistry in the Field and Laboratory, and one at the master level: Applied Environmental Geochemistry.

Studying Earth provides one with the opportunity to study changes at a global scale.

Paola Manzotti is assistant professor in Tectonics, metamorphic petrology and geochronology. Paola teaches Mineralogy and Petrology, and Petrogenesis at the undergraduate level.

We are part of the 'Earth system' and it is our responsibility to interact with it in a friendly and balanced way.

WeiLi Hong is assistant professor of Geochemistry. He applys numerical models to quantitatively describe the geochemical observations in pore fluids, sediments and authigenic minerals. He teaches one course at the undergraduate level and one at the master level.

It is this synthesis of mathematics, chemistry, and physics within the realm of geology that truly fascinates me.

Otto Hermelin is a senior lecturer in geology and an associate professor, and he teaches introductory courses at undergraduate level.

Geological studies can help us understand today's climate change.